| Description | Water Works Engines (8 items).
1104. Shadwell Water Works, London. 1777, Apr. 1778. 9 items.
Single-acting engine, with 27 inch cylinder, 8 foot stroke, chain connection.
Section of atmopsheric engine - partially shaded, not dated.
Section of the engine, 1777; large coloured section of the engine marked "First Shadwell Engine"; partially shaded section of the engine marked "with the alterations proposed by J. W."; shaded section of the engine marked "Boulton & Watt's engine at Shadwell erected 1778" (this drawing is marked "Book 48" on the back, indicating it was once kept with the drawings for the second Shadwell engine [see Portfolio 5/1102]); partially shaded ground plan of the engine and boiler marked "with alterations proposed by J. W. 1777" and with note about the new boiler, Apr. 1778; coloured untitled plan of the engine and boiler; sketch plan of the tower, engine house and chimney with notes of various dimensions and a small section of the boiler; sketch plan of the tower, engine house, chimney, fireman's shed, pumps etc.
Original Portfolio or 'Book' No. 9 [in the Drawing Office Index only].
Catalogue of Old Engines p. 176.
For Shadwell Water Works. Pumping engine, Shadwell, London. The engine was of a similar design to that for Chelsea Water Works [see Portfolio 5/1103], with which it shared several drawings. According to a later pencil note on the 1777 section, experiments on expansive working were carried out with this engine in 1778. The company bought a second engine similar to this one in 1784 [see Portfolio 5/1102]. The engineer John Foulds proposed the renovation of the engine in 1798, when the company also bought a double-acting crank engine with a 21? cylinder [see Portfolio 5/1101]. Henry Hazleton split the drawings between this portfolio and No. 1101, but they have all now been united here.
See also: Incoming Correspondence (from Thomas Vickers, John Foulds); Engine Agreements.
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